CTA said “several million more” is needed to cover the immediate medical and burial costs of the victims of last Friday’s tragic shooting. The organization has donated $2,500 to the fund and is reaching out to its 500 member companies and 10,000 community members to increase that amount.

“We just need to make sure that we can meet that current and ongoing expense relative to however these victims have been affected financially, either for medical bills, burials, or ongoing counseling or whatever the case may be,” said CTA president Steve Foster, who worked as a police officer for the Aurora Police Department for 10 years until 1999. “As a business community in Colorado, we need to rally and make sure that we’re showing some leadership from the standpoint of assisting with this need.”